“Cats will purr when they’re content, but also they’ll purr when they’re about to be euthanized. It’s thought they purr to communicate with their kittens,” said study author and animal behaviour consultant Steve Dale. “It’s thought to be a calming mechanism.”

“If that’s the case…maybe they calm themselves or other cats, but maybe there’s a fallout and there’s another mammal species, us, that’s impacted.”

Since I have three cats, does that mean I’m golden? They purr pretty loud too. These are questions for the next study, I suppose. 🙂